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Abigail Van Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0912
Abstract

Iowa City resident who worked to preserve and restore Iowa City landmarks including the Old Capitol building.

Dates: 1968-2008

Aldeen Davis papers

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Identifier: IWA0279
Abstract

Muscatine, Iowa, newspaper columnist active in arts, civic, educational, and religious organizations.

Dates: 1954-1995

Arlene Jens papers

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Identifier: IWA0499
Abstract

Nurse, abortion rights activist and educator from Fairfield, Iowa.

Dates: 1962-2006

Ayako "A. Mori" Costantino papers

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Identifier: IWA0905
Abstract

Japanese American activist who, after being interned in a War Relocation Center during World War II, travelled extensively and was heavily involved in human and civil rights campaigns in Iowa City and beyond.

Dates: 1944-2012; Other: Date acquired: 2012-12-06

Barbara Flanagan papers

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Identifier: IWA0611
Abstract

Reporter, women's page editor, and columnist for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune from the 1940s until 1988.

Dates: 1950-1991

Bettie McKenzie papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0136
Abstract

Community activist from Red Oak, Iowa.

Dates: 1870-2005

Beverly Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0148
Abstract

Family farmer, volunteer, and community activist who served on U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and the International Women's Year Commission.

Dates: 1856-2001

Billie D. Lloyd papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0705
Abstract

Social worker, community activist, and civic administrator who founded the Quad Cities Conference on Black Families, Inc.

Dates: 1957-1995

Carol Hodne papers

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Identifier: IWA0488
Abstract

Iowa farm activist who served as the first executive director of the North American Farm Alliance during the farm crisis of the 1980s.

Dates: 1921-2005

Carrie V. Talcott papers

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Identifier: IWA0687
Abstract

Active clubwoman, Methodist, writer and farmer from Fayette County who spent 19 years in a retirement home in Fort Dodge.

Dates: 1913-1981

Cornelia Shrauger Day papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0328
Abstract

Educated in journalism and law. Washington, Iowa, resident active in YWCA, Planned Parenthood and UNICEF.

Dates: 1890-2004

Dorothy Schramm papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0183
Abstract

Human rights advocate from Burlington, Iowa who was active in local and international issues, particularly UNA-USA and the League of Women Voters.

Dates: 1938-2006

Ernest Rodriguez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0784
Abstract

Davenport civil rights and Chicano activist, born in the predominantly Mexican settlement of Holy City in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Dates: 1910-2014

Faith Knowler papers

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Identifier: IWA0206
Abstract

Johnson County community activist from the 1970s to 1990s.

Dates: 1936-1995

Irene Hoover papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0472
Abstract

Farmwoman, 4-H leader, and volunteer who was active in the Farm Bureau and the Master Farm Homemakers Guild.

Dates: 1923-2001

Joan Lipsky papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0071
Abstract

Iowa legislator and community activist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Dates: 1880-2015

Joyce Nielsen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0665
Abstract

Feminist, legislator and community activist who worked in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Dates: 1951-1996

Lileah Harris papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0256
Abstract

Professional volunteer active in several arts, civic, educational, and religious organizations in Cedar Rapids.

Dates: 1961-2014

Lois Laughlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0184
Abstract

Papers of an activist from West Branch, Iowa, include correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to her husband's status as a conscientious objector.

Dates: 1939-2007

Louise Goldman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0307
Abstract

Public servant, feminist activist, and poet from Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1933-1997

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American Association for the United Nations 1
American Association of University Women 1
American Association of University Women. Iowa City Branch 1
Antioch Baptist Church (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women's (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
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Associated Country Women of the World. Conference 1
Association of Trial Lawyers of America 1
Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa 1
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 1
Becker, Ruth Salzmann, 1922-2007 (1922-2007) 1
Brown, Bill 1
Brown, Harriet Connor, 1872- 1
Brown, Maria Dean Foster, 1827-1929 1
Catalano, Theresa Mary, 1959-1999 1
Club Les Dames (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 1
Costantino, A. Mori, 1924 - 2020 1
Costantino, Anthony 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Davis, Aldeen 1
Day family 1
Day, Cornelia, 1919-2004 1
Day, Dennis 1
Day, Edward 1
Day, Robert 1
Day, Wilbur 1
Democratic Party (Iowa) 1
Everett family 1
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 1
Fillers, Freddie 1
First United Methodist Church (Randalia, Iowa) 1
Flanagan, Barbara, 1924- 1
Friendship Haven, Home for the Retired (Fort Dodge, Iowa) 1
Gerber, Margaret Wilbourn, 1913-1996 1
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1
Goldman, Louise, 1924-1998 1
Grinnell College 1
Harris, Lileah, 1931-2014 1
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program 1
Hodne, Carol 1
Hoover, Irene 1
Hughes, Harold E. (Harold Everett), 1922-1996 1
International Wives Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Iowa City Human Relations Commission (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Iowa Civil Liberties Union 1
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1
Iowa Higher Education Task Force 1
Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild 1
Iowa State University 1
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 1
Iowa. Attorney-General's Office 1
Iowa. General Assembly 1
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 1
Jens, Arlene, 1926- 1
Jensen, Dorothy 1
John Glenn Presidential Campaign 1
Johnson County Regional Planning Commission (Iowa) 1
Jones, Joe Allen 1
Judson College (Marion, Ala.) 1
Kazina, Ben 1
Knowler, Faith 1
Lais, Leonore Evans 1
Laughlin, Don, 1922- 1
Laughlin, Lois, 1925-2008 1
Laughlin, Ruth, 1954-1986 1
League of Women Voters (U.S.) 1
League of Women Voters of Iowa 1
League of Women Voters of Iowa City, Iowa 1
League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 1
Lipsky, Joan, 1919-2015 1
Lloyd, Billie D., 1940-1991 1
Mahaska County Farm Bureau. Women's Committee 1
Mahoso, Tafataona Pasipaipa 1
Mason, Kären 1
McKenzie, Bettie 1
Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.). School of Nursing 1
Muscatine Federated Women's Club 1
Muscatine Migrant Committee 1
Nash, Martha, 1925-2000 1
National Council of Catholic Women (U.S.) 1
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 1
Needlework Guild of America. Iowa City Branch 1
Nielsen Financial Consultants (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 1
Nielsen family 1
Nielsen, Cindy 1
Nielsen, Eric 1
Nielsen, Joyce, 1933- 1
Nineteenth Century Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
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